Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 11
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

ZOE'S PLACE TRUST

Provision of hospice care for children aged 0 to 5 years
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
30/06/23£4,296£4,420£-124£1,140£4,505£3,72910.1122100
30/06/22£4,093£3,334£759£904£4,606£4,444169055
30/06/21£3,862£2,777£1,085£709£3,850£3,65615.89830
30/06/20£3,792£3,920£-128£794£2,705£2,5247.712345
30/06/19£4,029£4,167£-137£1,122£2,837£2500.712596
30/06/18£3,641£4,121£-480£1,005£2,984£2,8798.41110
30/06/17£3,945£3,952£-7£1,055£3,438£3,280101200
30/06/16£3,607£3,392£215£1,051£3,363£3,23311.41040
30/06/15£3,607£3,392£215£1,009£3,561£3,39712950
30/06/14£3,376£2,922£454£754£3,338£3,18713.1920
30/06/13£2,719£2,797£-78£721£2,884£2,0208.71150
30/06/12£2,465£2,873£-409£760£2,961£2,1038.81100
30/06/11£2,559£2,324£236£553£3,382£2,44712.6990
30/06/10£1,844£1,961£-117£412£3,155£2,45415950
30/06/09£2,456£1,921£535£462£2,969£2,53715.9890
30/06/08£1,816£1,712£104£370£2,434£2,18515.3750
30/06/07*£1,887£1,267£620£306£2,257£2,11520620
30/06/06£1,308£1,091£217n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/05£1,165£860£305n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/04£979£751£229n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 30%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 25.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 23%
Liabilities/Income: 31%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 83%
Reserves/Spending: 10.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 2.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 22 years

www.zoes-place.org.uk

joan.stainsby@zoes-place.org.UK

01926889633

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UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Residential nursing care facilities
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Department of Health£1,174,758
Wolfson Foundation£280,000
National Lottery Community Fund£77,751
The Ballinger Charitable Trust£30,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Zoë's Place Trust (t/a Zoe's Place Baby Hospice)
£200,000 06/06/2024
24
End of life and bereavement facilities (Snowdrop Suites) at new Liverpool site
County Durham Community Foundation - Zoe's Place Baby Hospice
£750 23/01/2023
To support the running costs of the Hospice.
Department of Health - Zoë's Place Trust (Coventry)
£306,647 01/06/2022
The grant supports the sustainable hospice service offer of palliative and end of life care for children and young people. Please note that these hospice grants were previously funded by DHSC and was then transferred to NHSE to distribute and manage ....more
Department of Health - Zoë's Place Trust (Liverpool)
£149,817 01/06/2022
The grant supports the sustainable hospice service offer of palliative and end of life care for children and young people. Please note that these hospice grants were previously funded by DHSC and was then transferred to NHSE to distribute and manage ....more
Department of Health - Zoë's Place Trust (Middlesbrough)
£100,000 01/06/2022
The grant supports the sustainable hospice service offer of palliative and end of life care for children and young people. Please note that these hospice grants were previously funded by DHSC and was then transferred to NHSE to distribute and manage ....more
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Zoe's Place Trust
£15,000 04/03/2022
Towards core costs of the Middlesbrough clinical team
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Zoe's Place Trust
£5,000 10/02/2022
Support of the charity's objects
Westminster Foundation - ADWC grant - Zoe's Place Baby Hospice - Liverpool - 20/01/2022
£5,000 20/01/2022
12
Nursing Salary
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Zoe's Place Trust - 01/10/21
£5,000 29/11/2021
Core Funding
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£780 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£1,000 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Masonic Trust - MCF Hospice
£670 10/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for hospices
Department of Health - Zoe's Place Trust (Coventry)
£143,898 14/09/2021
The grant supports the sustainable hospice service offer of palliative and end of life care for children and young people.
Department of Health - Zoe's Place Trust (Liverpool)
£237,198 14/09/2021
The grant supports the sustainable hospice service offer of palliative and end of life care for children and young people.
Department of Health - Zoe's Place Trust (Middlesbrough)
£237,198 14/09/2021
The grant supports the sustainable hospice service offer of palliative and end of life care for children and young people.
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Zoe's Place Trust
£15,000 05/03/2021
Towards core costs of the Middlesbrough clinical team
National Lottery Community Fund - Play Therapy for Children with Long Term Health Conditions
£5,940 19/01/2021
11
The funding will be used to provide structured play sessions for children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions. The project aims to build up confidence and social skills that have been lost due to Covid 19 restrictions and missed peer ....more
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Zoë's Place Trust
£80,000 09/12/2020
WF Covid-19 Support Fund
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Zoë's Place Baby Hospice
£2,631 24/10/2020
We would like to continue to enable our hospice to provide pre and post-bereavement counselling for adults and children.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - the organisation's charitable objects
£2,500 16/04/2020
the organisation's charitable objects
National Lottery Community Fund - Bereavement Lead
£71,811 15/01/2020
24
The funding will provide a programme of care for parents suffered from bereavement of a child. The aim is to offer a safe, confidential setting to help parents with their grieving process, offering advice and support.
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Zoe's Place Trust
£3,000 21/11/2019
Core costs for Advancement of Health/Saving Lives
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Zoe's Place Trust
£3,000 21/11/2019
Core costs for Advancement of Health/Saving Lives
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Providing physiotherapy sessions for terminally ill babies and children at the Middlesbrough Hospice
£3,000 05/11/2019
Providing physiotherapy sessions for terminally ill babies and children at the Middlesbrough Hospice
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Zoe's Place Baby Hospice
£43,750 13/06/2019
Roof repairs at Zoe's Place Middlesbrough
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 29/05/2019
A Step Forward
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Purchasing I.T. equipment.
£2,642 13/05/2019
Purchasing I.T. equipment.
Department of Health - Zoë's Place Trust (Coventry)
£135,638 01/04/2019
Zoë's Place Trust (Coventry)
Department of Health - Zoë's Place Trust (Liverpool)
£223,582 01/04/2019
Zoë's Place Trust (Liverpool)
Department of Health - Zoë's Place Trust (Middlesbrough)
£223,582 01/04/2019
Zoë's Place Trust (Middlesbrough)
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£5,000 28/03/2019
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Zoe's Place Trust
£9,800 20/12/2018
The Conservation of Crossbeck House
National Lottery Community Fund - Come and Play Day
£9,489 05/07/2018
12
The funding will be used to deliver a pilot 'Come and Play' scheme for families with children affected by either life threatening or life limiting illnesses. This will provide a range of introductory activities for the children, help dispel the ....more
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Zoe's Place Trust
£37,000 22/06/2018
Core costs - salary
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 30/08/2017
Core/Unrestricted care and support
National Lottery Community Fund - The Helping Hands Team
£194,942 18/05/2016
36
The project will support families who are in need of palliative and end of life care, and will provide new activities to help parents, carers and siblings. The scheme will include monthly parent forums, counselling activities and one-to-one and ....more
True Colours Trust - replacement of hydrotherapy pool system
£9,210 16/12/2015
replacement of hydrotherapy pool system
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 54-77
  • ALAN SCHOFIELD (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • CHRISTOPHER GREENALL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Company Director
  • JOAN STAINSBY Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Retired
  • LOIS ZAPASNIK Appointed: 2023
  • REV PETER DAMIEN MCGUIRE, Occupation: Priest
  • WIN TIN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Paediatric Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/06/2002, number: 1092545
  • Registered at Companies House on 23/05/2002, number: 04446416
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR07: 0 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from NUNEATON COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE on 13/10/2020
  • Asset transfer in from LAYLAS LEGACY UK on 21/03/2023
  • Asset transfer in from CHILDREN'S CENTRE SUPPORT GROUP on 24/04/2024
Main office

ZOE'S PLACE TRUST
15 DORMER PLACE
LEAMINGTON SPA
CV32 5AA

Objectives

the relief of children specifically but not exclusively aged 0 ? 5 years suffering from terminal or life limiting illnesses and their families by the establishment and maintaining of hospices throughout the United Kingdom to be known as Zoe's places. This care and support may be extended to children up to the age of 8 where there is a clinical or family need

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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